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as in gleams
to shoot forth bursts of light
the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scintillates
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But even outside festival season, the city sparkles.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
The novel sparkles with Sosa’s signature wit and sense of humor; the banter between Javi and Mari is deliciously funny, bursting with laugh-out-loud moments on seemingly every other page.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Nothing gleams as beautifully as a white kitchen.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Throughout are artful and ethereal light fixtures, and, in the office, a backlit stone wall glows behind floor-to-ceiling display shelves.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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The original charm remains, but the dining room now glows with large windows and warm lighting, anchored by bubblegum pink booths, green trim, and a colorful collection of local artwork.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lasers converge and somehow create what looks like a circular portal to another planet which shimmers and spins.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This technique often is used with fencing to create a visual barrier and to startle geese when the tape shimmers in the breeze.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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Hayley then flashes a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiles and sways in the sunlight.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The film begins with a flashback scene to the beginning of the rage virus, then flashes forward 28 years to an isolated island near the Scottish Highlands, where its inhabitants are isolated from the zombie-like creatures that roam the mainland.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Best Time to Visit While Lenox, Massachusetts, shines in all four seasons, the town truly shines in the fall, when the maples, oaks, and birches in the area turn fiery colors.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Beyond this, chromium shines in decorative chrome plating for automobiles, fixtures, and machinery.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Scintillates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scintillates. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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